Tag: Domestic

Board of Governors to meet August 7-8, 2007 in Washington, DC

Posted by | Jul 26, 2007 | |

The Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service will meet in Washington, DC, at Postal Service Headquarters, 475 L’Enfant Plaza, SW, on Aug. 7-8, 2007. The public is welcome to observe the Board’s open session, scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 8 in the Ben Franklin Room on the 11th floor. The Board is expected to discuss the following items:
1. Minutes of the previous meetings, May 1-2; June 19; and July 10, 2007.
2. Remarks of the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board (Jim Miller and Alan Kessler).
3. Remarks of the Postmaster General and CEO John Potter.
4. Committee reports.
5. Quarterly Report on Service Performance (Delores Killette, Consumer Advocate and Vice President).
6. Quarterly Report on Financial Performance (Glen Walker, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President).
7. Tentative agenda for the Sept. 25-26, 2007, meeting in Washington, DC.

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Mail delivery stats track city's growth

Posted by | Jul 26, 2007 | |

Mail delivery statistics from the U.S. Postal Service suggest that New Orleans’ population may have reached nearly two-thirds of its pre-Katrina level, or about 300,000 people, in June, according to a group tracking recovery trends.

That number is higher than recent estimates compiled by other methods.

Households “actively receiving mail” in Orleans Parish in June reached 66 percent of the pre-Katrina figure of 198,232, recorded in July 2005. That level is up from 49.5 percent last August, according to numbers released Wednesday by the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center on the basis of Postal Service delivery statistics.

The Census Bureau placed the city’s population on July 1, 2005, two months before Hurricane Katrina hit, at just under 455,000, and 66 percent of that number would be 300,000.

The data center said the number of Jefferson Parish households receiving mail in June amounted to 98.2 percent of the parish’s pre-Katrina figure. The June figure for St. Tammany Parish was 103.2 percent, but in St. Bernard it was only 35.9 percent.

For the four-parish area, the number of households receiving mail in June was 82.9 percent of the pre-Katrina total, up from a low of 76.1 percent in August 2006, the Community Data Center said.

The center said that maps showing the percentages of active-mail households across New Orleans “reveal that many parts of the more heavily flooded neighborhoods are showing notable resurgence.”

Although the lowest monthly mail-delivery figure reported for Orleans Parish since Katrina was 49.5 percent in August, that does not mean the city never dipped below about 50 percent of its pre-storm population. The Postal Service was unable to compile meaningful numbers for several months after the storm, said Allison Plyer, deputy director of the data center.

Eventually, she said, the service was able to restore reliable data-gathering, and household counts have grown steadily since August.

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Royal Mail: Business as Usual

Posted by | Jul 26, 2007 | |

According to Royal Mail’s payroll figures, 80 per cent of Royal Mail’s workforce was working as normal last Friday (26th July) and collections and deliveries are taking place as usual throughout the UK.

12 mail centres – the large sites where mail is processed before being sent to delivery offices – are working normally throughout today, including sites in Belfast, Southend, Liverpool, Carlisle, Peterborough, Glasgow, Hull, Aberdeen, Gloucester, Portsmouth, Crewe and Gatwick. Large numbers of colleagues have also reported to work at the remaining 59 centres and are working alongside management volunteers. No mail centers are expected to be closed.

A spokesman for Royal Mail said:” We are grateful to everyone who has chosen to work as normal and to get the mail to our customers as quickly as possible in spite of the Communication Workers Union call for industrial action.”

“The union’s publicly stated aim of causing maximum damage to Royal Mail, and therefore its customers, is completely at odds with its claim to support the postal service. Strike action will inevitably drive customers away from Royal Mail to rival operators and to the internet.”

Royal Mail says it remains “ready to meet the union leadership yet again at any time to explain its position and the tough reality of the completely open marketplace in which we now operate.”

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HayPost announces Management change and focuses on global growth

Posted by | Jul 26, 2007 | |

HayPost, the National Postal Operator of the Republic of Armenia announced management changes in effect as of today.

Based on his pivotal role in revitalizing the company, Hans Boon has been appointed the new General Director of HayPost. As the current General Director, Mr. Boon will lead the company to become more commercial, more transparent and increasingly financially accountable. “We are aiming to raise our standards with the purpose to increase HayPost’s quality and efficiency both locally and internationally,” stated Hans Boon during the HayPost Shareholder’s meeting earlier today.

As part of the new management change, Hans Boon has established a new team and delegated the following people as Deputy General Directors (DGD): Mr. Gevorg Nalbandyan, DGD Special Projects; Mr. Hayk Avagyan, DGD Financial Operations; Mr. Arman Khachaturyan, DGD Corporate Development; Mr. Kirk Odabashian, DGD Real Estate Management and Operational Support; Ms. Lara Tcholakian, DGD International Affairs; Mr. Mikayel Grigoryan, DGD Banking Operations; Mr. Micha Dalen Gilhuys, DGD Postal Operations, and; Mr. Arsen Hovhannisyan, DGD Commercial Operations.

Hans Boon and his new team will be modernizing the Armenian postal system with the objective to increase the company’s performance with the implementation of new services and new products, as well as the establishment of a specialized Post Bank.

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City Link named "UK Courier Company of 2007"

Posted by | Jul 26, 2007 | |

Reliability of service and excellent customer satisfaction gains City Link the prestigious title of “UK Courier Company 2007”, following an independent review of the industry conducted by the Institute of Transport Management.

City Link has been awarded the prestigious title of ‘UK Courier Company 2007’ in an independent review of the industry conducted by the Institute of Transport Management.

Commenting on the award, Patrick Sheedy, Media and PR Director for the Institute of Transport Management said: ‘City Link’s key competitive advantage lies in the strong emphasis it places on the reliability of its service and the satisfaction of its customers.’

‘City Link employs a total quality management approach across its business and utilizes innovative processes to ensure excellent standards of customer care, resulting in the highest customer satisfaction levels in the industry.’

‘This award shows that the priority we have given to improving network efficiency and customer satisfaction has made a fundamental difference to how we operate and is key to the way we differentiate ourselves from our competitors across the industry.’

‘This achievement reflects the hard work and commitment of all our colleagues across the UK. Putting the customer first is our number one priority and we aim to meet even higher standards next year and beyond.’

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